'He's being what he made fun of, he's being phony': Howard Stern's former right-hand man Artie Lange SLAMS radio legend's celeb-friendly image

The comedian, a regular on The Howard Stern show for nearly 10 years, vented on his Artie Quitter podcast this week about Stern's dramatic shift from radio's raunchiest rebel to a star giddy to rub shoulders with the likes of A-listers such as Ellen DeGeneres, Orlando Bloom and Jennifer Aniston.

On his podcast, Lange opened up about his former boss while detailing a documentary being made about him that Stern won't have any part of.

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Open mic: Artie Lange, 49, vented about the dramatic changes his former boss Howard Stern has made in recent years on his podcast this week

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'Howard won't talk to me - Howard has lost his mind. I think he's lost his mind, if the stories I hear are accurate, I don't know,' Lange said.

The 49-year-old New Jersey native parted ways with the show in December 2009 amid a drug crisis that tragically manifested into a suicide attempt the following month.

Lange, who has not been heard live on the program since, said the show does not want him back on their airwaves in any capacity, refusing money from publisher Simon and Schuster to promote his 2013 memoir Crash and Burn.

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In better times: Stern was by Lange's side for the 2006 premiere of his film Beer League, but has distanced himself from his one-time sidekick in recent years

Lange said that while he still admires the King of All Media, he's bowled over by the radio legend's fawning over A-list guests, when the Private Parts star's empire was built on the foundation of a counter culture attack on the mainstream, with a no-holds-barred approach to humor that resulted in record FCC fines.

'You people might think that I'm insulting Howard right now - you're wrong, that's where you don't get it, I'm giving him the biggest compliment on the planet,' Lange said. 'He's the only guy that could've said, “F--- you, I think Ellen's dancing is stupid.

'When James Corden opens his fat f---ing mouth to do karaoke in a car - something that wouldn't be f---ing funny to the secretaries at an accounting firm - and gets an Emmy for it, I’m allowed to say he sucks. But instead, “Everybody's great" ... need I say more?' Lange said.

Not a fan: Lange said James Corden's popular bit Carpool Karaoke 'wouldn't be f---ing funny to the secretaries at an accounting firm'

The Too Fat to Fish author said that Stern, who cultivated a fan base of millions with politically-incorrect humor in the 1990s, was virtually the only celebrity who could have skirted contemporary standards of political correctness and survived, but 'instead he does the PC thing - voluntarily!

'He goes f---ng with out a fight,' Lange said. 'He says, “Thank you your honor,” puts his head down and walks in the f---ng jail cell.'

Lange said that the 180 degree turn for Stern - who was hailed in July as a champion 'feminist' in an expansive New York Times profile - leaves a bit of egg on the face of his longtime fans, many of whom have taken to online forums such as Radio Gunk, Dawgshed and Reddit to point out the glaring inconsistencies.

Mismatch: Lange said he wouldn't be a good fit for the show any longer, as he would not want to hear 'Gwyneth Paltrow talk about her $200 green drink that she sells in Southampton'

‘All those years, when we were laughing at the rebel, when we were laughing at Hunter S. Thompson, he was our guy, he was the Hunter S. Thompson of radio, all those years, we look like the boobs!' the It’s The Whiskey Talkin’ star said. 'He wanted to be at the table, he didn’t want to set the table on fire.

'He sat down and said, “I’m one of you now.” He's being what he made fun of, he's being phony.'

The Dirty Work star admitted he would not likely fit in well with the current state of the program: 'Do you think I want to be in there and listen to Gwyneth Paltrow talk about her $200 green drink that she sells in Southampton? I don't think so,' he said. 'Could the Artie Lange you guys know have sat there and said, "I'd like to try that?"'

Go-getter: Efficiency expert Marci Turk initially crossed paths with the radio star via their common interest in the Getting Things Done movement

In charge: Lange marveled at how Turk, pictured here at Comic-Con in July 2014, was able to take over the office formerly manned by Stern's faithful producer Gary Dell'Abate

The Beer League star also referenced the rise in power of Marci Turk, an efficiency expert who fast climbed within the ranks of Stern's organization three years ago after bonding with the former America's Got Talent star over a time-management system called Getting Things Done.

Describing Turk as 'a 34-year-old redhead who basically read a book that Howard liked,' Lange said that mentions of Turk are forbidden on the air, in stark contrast to the uncomfortable moments that made for must-listen radio.

'That was Howard's biggest thing, you pull the curtain back on all the pretentious, pompous, phony bull---t,' he said. 'That was Howard, full disclosure, full f---ing transparency.'

Do the Baba Booey: Dell'Abate, 55, has been a stalwart on The Howard Stern show since 1984

Lange noted the awkward dynamic in Turk 'telling people, "You can't talk to Howard unless you talk to me first, you need permission,"' adding, 'These are guys who worked with him for 20 years!'

He said that Stern's loyal producer Gary Dell'Abate, 55, must feel 'emasculated' after Turk 'took over his office' and 'may or may not be getting more money' than the man famously nicknamed 'Baba Booey.'

He praised Dell'Abate, as he said that 'Gary, under constant pressure, produced the greatest radio show ever, under constant fire, so Gary gets a lot of credit in my book.'

Lange said he figures Stern's shift comes as result of a boredom of 'mastering' the shock jock genre, hoping to add to his legacy as a premiere celebrity interviewer.

Stern, reacting to similar sentiments last year from Lange and ex-cast member Stuttering John Melendez, shot back at critics of his revamped program on his September 21, 2015 broadcast.

'I know that some people might not like my show anymore and if you don’t like it, I welcome you to leave,' he said. 'Whatever I’m doing now, is about the best I can do - that’s it - I’m not interested in repeating material I’ve done in the past.'

'I no longer relate to the common man, for 17 years now. I only relate to me anyway, I never related to the common man, I don’t know what the f---ing common man is.'